While living in a well-run assisted-living or other support of residential living arrangement can provide many positive social, safety and healthcare benefit for patients with declining physical or cognitive abilities, most elderly and disabled individuals dread […]
Millions of elderly and disabled Americans live in nursing, assisted living and other care facilities. While patients and their families admit patients to these facility rightly expect these care providers to appropriately and safely care […]
The self-composed obituary of Sonia Todd is a touching reminder of the power and importance of patient choice even for patients facing death. The success of our health science and the ever extraordinary miracles […]
Improving health care, its quality and affordability is everyone’s responsibility and everyone has a role to play.
Families struggling to care for Alzheimer’s patients should check out the Caring for a Person with Alzheimer’s Disease: Your Easy-to-Use Guide from the National Institute on Aging and the many other resources available for free on […]
PROJECT COPE: COALITION ON PATIENT EMPOWERMENT 